First Reports:
A small plane crashed Tuesday about noon at Teterboro Airport injuring the only person on
board, authorities said. Airport operations were suspended after the crash.

The plane crashed at the end of a
runway (near Moonachie Avenue and Redneck Road), and burst into flames. The blaze was soon
extinguished, police said. The Teterboro fire brigade was first on the scene and
units from the Hasbrouck Heights, Moonachie and Wood-Ridge Fire Departments also
responded, according to authorities.

The Swearingen twin-engine turboprop was on final approach to the airport when the pilot
reported engine problems, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Witnesses told The Record newspaper that the turboprop came in over Moonachie Road but
teetered before landing and swerving out of control. The right wing of the plane caught on
the runway and was ripped from the body of the aircraft, which swereved and then hit a
grassy strip nose-first.

According to the aircraft's tail
number listed on an FAA Web site, it is registered to Maci Leasing Corp. in Edison. There
was no phone listing for the business.

Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, said the pilot
was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. The pilot, whose name was not released,
was in fair condition Tuesday afternoon, said hospital spokeswoman Peggy Schunk.

It was the third accident this
year. On Feb. 2, a twin-jet corporate plane carrying 11 people ran off the end of a runway
during an aborted takeoff, sped across a busy road and slammed into a warehouse. Twenty
people were injured, including two who were in a car struck by the plane.

On March 8, another business
plane overshot a runway and stopped in snow and mud. Both passengers and the two crew
members walked away uninjured. ###Sources include: 5/31/2005 --
Star Ledger/The Associated Press and The Record
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